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Have Diabetes. Taking Galvusmet And Dimacron. Are My Levels Okay?
Hi dr Ian a diabetes . Start with dimacron 60 b4 breakfast and galvusmet 50 1000mg after... And after dinner another tablet And stopped taken dimacron coz the levels reach 65 b4 lunch... And now levels better now ( 85-105) fasting and after food 135&below. Is that oky? And n future can I reduce doses more ... And galvusmet help losing weights? Thanks
Mon, 25 Feb 2013
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Some persons who have excess weight may find that their blood sugars decline if there is weight loss. This is because that some of the resistance to insulin is related to the fat in the body and reduction in the excess fat can lead , in some, to reduction in insulin resistance and improved blood sugar readings.
If you have excess weight and lose 7% to 10% of your weight then the evidence shows that their would be a good effect on blood sugar and possibly change in medication dose but this would have to be discussed and determined by your doctor.
The galvus met contains two medications: metformin which can help some persons with weight loss, it is definitely not associated with weight gain like some other diabetic medication. It also reduces resistance to insulin
The galvus part is the medication is also weight neutral: it does not cause weight gain or weight loss.
I hope this helps
Some persons who have excess weight may find that their blood sugars decline if there is weight loss. This is because that some of the resistance to insulin is related to the fat in the body and reduction in the excess fat can lead , in some, to reduction in insulin resistance and improved blood sugar readings.
If you have excess weight and lose 7% to 10% of your weight then the evidence shows that their would be a good effect on blood sugar and possibly change in medication dose but this would have to be discussed and determined by your doctor.
The galvus met contains two medications: metformin which can help some persons with weight loss, it is definitely not associated with weight gain like some other diabetic medication. It also reduces resistance to insulin
The galvus part is the medication is also weight neutral: it does not cause weight gain or weight loss.
I hope this helps
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Hi,
Thanks for posting your query.
With the available described symptoms, there appears to be totally controlled blood sugar both fasting and postprandial.
fasting blood sugar must be around 100-110 mg % and postprandial blood sugar must be between 140-160 mg%.
As your blood sugar is below the above defined range, your medicines may be reduced in future.
You should take diet according to your weight and calculated total calorie intake.
Diabetic patient has to take diet according to medical nutritional therapy.
Metformin present in GalvusMet helps in reduction of weight with increase in insulin sensitization.
Available insulin starts working in better way.
take care,
Dr. Mayank Bhargava
Thanks for posting your query.
With the available described symptoms, there appears to be totally controlled blood sugar both fasting and postprandial.
fasting blood sugar must be around 100-110 mg % and postprandial blood sugar must be between 140-160 mg%.
As your blood sugar is below the above defined range, your medicines may be reduced in future.
You should take diet according to your weight and calculated total calorie intake.
Diabetic patient has to take diet according to medical nutritional therapy.
Metformin present in GalvusMet helps in reduction of weight with increase in insulin sensitization.
Available insulin starts working in better way.
take care,
Dr. Mayank Bhargava
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